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Kra languages

Index Kra languages

The Kra languages (Chinese: Gēyāng, 仡央, short for '''Ge'''lao–Bu'''yang''') are a branch of the Kra–Dai language family spoken in southern China (Yunnan, Guangxi, Hainan) and in northern Vietnam. [1]

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Austronesian languages

The Austronesian languages are a language family that is widely dispersed throughout Maritime Southeast Asia, Madagascar and the islands of the Pacific Ocean, with a few members in continental Asia.

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Baise

Baise (local pronunciation), or Bose, is the westernmost prefecture-level city of Guangxi, China bordering Vietnam as well as the provinces of Guizhou and Yunnan.

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Buyang language

Buyang is a Kra language spoken in Guangnan and Funing counties, Yunnan Province, China by the Buyang people.

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China

China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a unitary one-party sovereign state in East Asia and the world's most populous country, with a population of around /1e9 round 3 billion.

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Chinese numerals

Chinese numerals are words and characters used to denote numbers in Chinese.

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Cun language

Cun is a Hlai language of Hainan Island.

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En language

En (autonym:; also known as Nùng Vên) is a Kra language spoken in Vietnam.

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Funing County, Yunnan

Funing County (Zhuang language: Funingz Yen) is located in Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, in the east of Yunnan province, China.

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Gelao language

Gelao (autonym: Kláo, Chinese: 仡佬 Gēlǎo, Vietnamese: Cờ Lao) is a dialect cluster of Kra languages in the Kra–Dai language family.

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Gelao people

The Gelao people (also spelled Gelo) (own name: Klau) are an ethnic group of China and Vietnam.

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Guangnan County

Guangnan County is located in Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan province, China.

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Guangxi

Guangxi (pronounced; Zhuang: Gvangjsih), officially the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, is a Chinese autonomous region in South Central China, bordering Vietnam.

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Guizhou

Guizhou, formerly romanized as Kweichow, is a province of the People's Republic of China located in the southwestern part of the country.

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Hainan

Hainan is the smallest and southernmost province of the People's Republic of China (PRC), consisting of various islands in the South China Sea.

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Hà Giang Province

Hà Giang is a province in the Northeast region of Vietnam.

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Hezhang Buyi language

Hezhang Buyi or Shui is an endangered, divergent Northern Tai language spoken in Hezhang County, Guizhou, China.

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Hezhang County

Hezhang is a county in the west of Guizhou province, China.

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Hlai languages

The Hlai languages are a primary branch of the Kra–Dai language family spoken in the mountains of central and south-central Hainan in China, not to be confused with the colloquial name for the Leizhou branch of Min Chinese.

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Jerold A. Edmondson

Jerold Alan Edmondson (born 1941) (Chinese name: 艾杰瑞 Aì Jiéruì) is an American linguist whose work spans four subdisciplines: historical and comparative linguistics, Asian linguistics, field linguistics, and phonetics.

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Kam–Sui languages

The Kam–Sui languages are a branch of the Kra–Dai languages spoken by the Kam–Sui peoples.

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Kra–Dai languages

The Kra–Dai languages (also known as Tai–Kadai, Daic and Kadai) are a language family of tonal languages found in southern China, Northeast India and Southeast Asia.

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Lachi language

The Lachi language (Chinese: Laji 拉基, Vietnamese: La Chí; autonym in China:; autonym in Vietnam:, where means "person") is a Kra language spoken in Yunnan, China and in northern Vietnam.

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Lachi people

The La Chi people (Người La Chí; also Cù Tê or La Quả) live in the Hà Giang and Lào Cai provinces of northeastern Vietnam.

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Laha language

Laha (Chinese: 拉哈, Vietnamese: La Ha) is a Kra language spoken by approximately 1,400 people out of a total population of 5,686 Laha.

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Laha people

The La Ha (Vietnamese: người La Ha) are an ethnic group of Vietnam.

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Laurent Sagart

Laurent Sagart (born 1951) is a senior researcher at the Centre de recherches linguistiques sur l'Asie orientale (CRLAO – UMR 8563) unit of the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS).

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Li Jinfang

Li Jinfang (born October 1963 in Tianlin County, Guangxi) is a Chinese linguist at Minzu University in Beijing, China.

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Lolo-Burmese languages

The Lolo-Burmese languages (also Burmic languages) of Burma and Southern China form a coherent branch of the Sino-Tibetan family.

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Longlin Various Nationalities Autonomous County

Longlin Various Nationalities Autonomous County is an autonomous county, under the jurisdiction of the prefecture-level city of Baise, in western Guangxi, China, near the border with Yunnan and Guizhou.

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Maguan County

Maguan County (马关县; pinyin: Mǎguān Xiàn, Mã Quan) is located in Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan province, China.

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Maza language

Maza (autonym) is a Lolo-Burmese language spoken by the Yi people of China.

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Minor syllable

Minor syllable is a term used primarily in the description of Mon-Khmer languages, where a word typically consists of a reduced (minor) syllable followed by a full tonic or stressed syllable.

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Mulam language

No description.

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Napo County

Napo County is a county of Guangxi, China.

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Northern and southern China

Northern China and southern China are two approximate regions within China. The exact boundary between these two regions are not precisely defined. Nevertheless, the self-perception of Chinese people, especially regional stereotypes, has often been dominated by these two concepts, given that regional differences in culture and language have historically fostered strong regional identities of the Chinese people.

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Northern Tai languages

The Northern Tai languages are an established branch of the Tai languages of Southeast Asia.

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Northern Vietnam

Northern Vietnam (Miền Bắc) is one of the three geographical regions within Vietnam.

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Paha language

Paha or Baha (autonym) is a Kra language spoken in northern Guangnan County, Wenshan Prefecture, Yunnan.

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Prefecture-level city

A prefectural-level municipality, prefectural-level city or prefectural city; formerly known as province-controlled city from 1949 to 1983, is an administrative division of the People's Republic of China (PRC), ranking below a province and above a county in China's administrative structure.

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Proto-Kra language

The Proto-Kra language is the reconstructed ancestor of the Kra languages.

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Qabiao language

Qabiao, or sometimes Laqua (autonym:; Chinese: Pubiao 普标, Vietnamese: Pu Péo) is a Kra language spoken by the Qabiao people in northern Vietnam and Yunnan, China.

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Qabiao people

The Qabiao people (Vietnamese: Pu Péo) are an ethnic group living in Hà Giang Province, Vietnam, and Yunnan province, China.

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Vietnam

Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia.

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Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture

Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture is an autonomous prefecture in southeastern Yunnan province, People's Republic of China, and the easternmost prefecture-level division of the province.

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Yang Zhuang language

Yang Zhuang is a Tai language spoken in southwestern Guangxi, China, in Napo, Jingxi and Debao counties.

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Yunnan

Yunnan is a province of the People's Republic of China, located in the far southwest of the country.

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Zhuang languages

The Zhuang languages (autonym:, pre-1982:, Sawndip: 話僮, from vah 'language' and Cuengh 'Zhuang') are any of more than a dozen Tai languages spoken by the Zhuang people of southern China in the province of Guangxi and adjacent parts of Yunnan and Guangdong.

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Kadai peoples, Kra language, Kra peoples.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kra_languages

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